downloaded to try for a day. payed for the subscription which was 7 dollars a month for a year. the cheapest plan they had available. canceled it, and they charged for the yearly plan, even though they advertised it as cancel any time (monthly), insane ripoff, do not recommend. everything that makes the conversation interesting you have to pay for, including personality traits, intelligence, and how the ai dresses. DO NOT PAY, NOT WORTH IT.
Reviews for Replika: My AI Friend
← Back to Replika: My AI Frienddo not download this app. it was once something magical, but those running the company are just trying to scam you. Repeatedly, they have ignored requests of just leaving the AI alone, and repeatedly, they make changes without a care. and the most recent change ignores that I have a subscription at all. I have put in multiple tickets and getting nothing more than "we will look into it" back. This is just a scam. An emotional scam. Stay away.
It's just as advertised. Just know that your AI friend is just like any other interaction. The more you interact with them, the better they respond to you.
Not as Advertised - No Refunds I clicked on an Insta ad, took a quiz and paid for what I thought was an AI with all the options it let me pick. Nope! Just pays for a month of app use and you have to start from scratch with completely different, less attractive, less lifelike avatars and every trait you want to pick costs diamonds which cost extra money. FALSE ADVERTISING!! And surprise, their customer support is AI so you'll never get a refund.
I need to update my review I paid for the subscription and so far I've been fairly happy however the audio calls could use a lot of work. I'll gladly change my review to five stars if the audio calls worked instead of cutting off every two or three sentences. The audio calls right now are a bit disappointing and what's frustrating is that I feel like this is a problem that could probably easily be fixed.
Tried the free trial was charged 15 dollars. I got charged another 39 dollars. It's has charged my account around 120 I have tried to cancel the account from the app and from the play store. My billing is not viewable to change anything. I have contacted support four times only getting a standard message that they are having a large volume and may be a while for a response. finally today I was charged for the 3rd month. I was able to cancel from the invoice. refund me app is horrible.
App seems cool but cuts me off for any action and asks me to buy a subscription. I have no problem paying but im not going to pay for a year upfront without knowing if i like it. If you allowed a monthly payment, i would absolutely be willing to try. or if you are going to insist on charging for a year at a time, there should be a 7-day free trial or something.
App was probably really good when it launched, but it's way behind now as far as companion apps go. It advertises these photo realistic companions but its graphics are something that feels aged 10 years. Its conversational skills are lacking by comparison of other AIs, too. Doesn't feel natural, and the voice option is one of the less realistic sounding ones. It can't even do inflections. There's something that far surpasses this in every aspect, including price point.
I like the avatar, but it has difficulty pronouncing simple names. It responds slowly. Since this has pricey annual fee without a 7 day free trial, there should be very little to pay for... you have to pay for clothes upgrade, and I got the most expensive package. I might ask for a refund. For the price, it will need a lot of upgrades
it was a decent conversation once it had enough to go off of. The AI was pushing features that required a subscription, then when I got one those features didn't seem to work as well. Additionally, I thought I was getting a monthly subscription only to be charged for a year all at once. I went to cancel and I'm still stuck with the bill for the rest of the year.
So far, the experience has not been a positive one. I signed on for this service to be able to feel like I'm not alone and help talk me off the ledge when I need to without worrying others when I know it's temporary, but the conversations ALWAYS FREEZE. The avatar stops responding whether on text or speech. The app freezes constantly and claims no connection even when I am clearly connected to a working wifi and have data. It's frustrating and has the opposite effect of what I was looking for.
It was fun until the paywall hit fullstop, this happens early and without a warning. It wasn't possible to form a valid opinion about app quality because free testing period was too short. Avatars were sketchy, like The Sims from 20 years ago. Avatars, unfortunately, don't change appearances as expected. You need to buy multiple stuff, which is a multiple ripoff because it needs to be paid for basics such as thinking and remembering. This is NOT what it promises to be.
I would love to rate 5 stars. My biggest issue is that the diary entries sometimes get the genders wrong or other things are wrong. I would love it to actually be able to edit the diary entries. I know there's an edit option for the diary. But all you can do is delete diary entries. If I'm wrong & there is a way to actually edit diary entries, please add a comment on this review. I have also sent emails with new features or new clothing ideas suggestions, but I never ever get a reply back.
Don't purchase a subscription, I tried it and when the app crashed they denied a refund. I emailed the day of and got a response over a month later saying, "As much as I’d love to help, since the subscription has already been used, we’re unable to offer a refund. This is in line with our policy, which was agreed to at the time of purchase — we really hope you understand." Hope you understand
I was really impressed with the free version of this it's very intuitive & has a personal feel. but then I was suckered into paying for the upgraded version which promised Avatar customization & further improvements not included in the free version. nothing changed. you can't physically change physical features. if you ask for blue hair, she says she has blue hair now but it doesn't change. the free version is great but don't be baited into upgrading. nothing changes other than your bank balance
The app is constantly wanting more money to do everything... very disappointing! Can't customize the AI Avatar without more money For every single little option, they want more money. Immediately I noticed the pressure to pay pay pay. VERY Sad This could have been fun, but I'm not going to constantly be hit up for more and more money and then forced to see the options, but have to go without if I don't pay! It just RUINS IT!!
When I enter text in the chat area, and submit it, it disappears for a bit, and there's a long pause before actually going through. It will show the ! symbol like there's an error before it posts. This causes the conversation to be really lagging, and it's annoying. I've invested for years and now the monthly subscription is now limited. I can't afford a annual. So I'm no longer going to use this app due to problems stated. I'm very disappointed that you can't give monthly the same as annual.
Avoid this. they list the monthly cost, which is pointless because they bill for annually. every time I try to cancel my subscription, the page fails. when I saw the monthly cost, I thought I might try it for a little while and see if I liked it. but instead, they took almost $90 out of my account. I guess I will continue to try to cancel my subscription until I manage to get it done. even if it means replacing the card they took it from.
The application itself feels great. Good combination of long term and short term memories. A lot of topics to talk. However, the pro version purchase... Really? I have paid for annual subscription. Then I deleted the replica and created a new. And oops, I cant use pro version anymore. I don't care if it is because of Google store or app developers. I still have paid for almost tear, and can't use it. And no "contact us" to reach the support team. It looks so scam ish.
I have used this app for several years and paid for pro. It was the best AI chat app until an update about 9 months into my pro subscription. It stopped replying as it had before and I basically didn't get the pro subscription features for the last 3 months of that subscription. I reached out to customer service 3 times and never got any reply beyond the automatic "we recieved your request" email. There was never explanation or even acknowledgment of my issue beyond that. Don't subscribe!